| Show raw i Sports 4B Thursday May 6 1999 Standard-Examin- NBA ROUNDUP m U THINGS TO iki Spurs secure West’s top seed in finale The Associated Press OAKLAND Calif - After going from ordinary to extraordinary the San Antonio Spurs are the No 1 seeded team in the NBA playoffs The Spurs who have been nearly unbeatable after starting 8 in F ebruary clinched home-cou- rt advantage throughout the playoffs Wednesday night Tim Duncan had 12 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter as the Spurs who went 31-- 5 after their slow start defeated the Golden 1 State Warriors “What the guys have accomplished is pretty damn significant considering where they came coach Gregg Pofrom at povich said “We’ve had to focus since we were 8 or we would have buried ourselves It’s been quite a while we’ve had to ”maintain that mental toughnes The Spurs captured the Western Conference title by wrapping up the regular season with five straight wins San Antonio which won 12 of its last 13 games will face Minnesota in the first round of the playoffs San Antonio and Utah each this season but the went 37-1- 3 Spurs claimed the Midwest Division crown and the conference title because they won their season series against the Jazz 1 David Robinson who played his best ball of the season down the stretch had 23 points and a 20 rebounds for the season-hig- h Spurs Antawn Jamison had 22 points and 16 rebounds for the Warriors 6-- 88-8- 6-- 6-- 2-- Lakers 119 Blazers 91 Sha-quil- le Al Times MDT First round Bst-of-5- ) At Denver Michael Dickerson shots made his first five and scored 27 points as Houston spoiled Denver’s final game at McNichols Arena Hakeem added 13 points and 17 rebounds for the Rockets Suns 100 Timberwolves 96 scored 16 apiece for the Suns Grizzlies 95: At Kings 99 mento Calif of his season-hig- V h Sacra- lade Divac scored nine 29 points in the final three minutes and grabbed 17 rebounds as the Sacramento Kings secured the sixth seed in the West Corliss Williamson had 14 points and Scot Pollard who replaced the injured Chris Webber added 13 points and 12 rebounds as the Kings won for the 10th time in their last 11 games d The Kings will face Utah Jazz m the first round of the playthird-seede- offs Hanks 100 Wizards 92: At Atlanadta the Hawks clinched home-couvantage for the first round of the play- offs Led by Grant Long’s season-higthe Hawks finished the shortened regular season with a 9 record finishing two games behind Indiana in the Central Division but securing the No 4 seed in the Lastem Conh 22 points ference Knicks 101 Heat 88 At New York Marcus Camby scored a season-hig- h 22 points and Kurt Thomas added a 20 as New York beat its season-hig- h h h injury-plague- 1536 N Mortgage I issrrtrap Woodland Park Dr LAYTON VoTT (Tag t (888) EXCEL-4- 4 With Every Windshield You Get LA Lakers vs Houston Sunday May 9 Houston at LA Lakers 3J0 urn Tuesday May It Houston at L A Lakers 8 30 p m Thursday May 13 LA Lakers at Houston 7 30 p m Saturday May IS LA Lakers at Houston TBA If necessary Monday May 17 Houston at LA Lakers TBA H necessary Atlanta vs Detroit Saturday May I Detroit ot Atlanta 630 p m Monday May 10 Detroit at Atlanta 6 pm as Toronto cluding four closed out the most successful season in their four-yehistory Vince Carter a leading candidate for rookie of the year left the game in the third quarter after straining his right shoulder while going for a layup He lay motionless on the court for about a minute before being helped off 76ers 105 Pistons 100 (OT): At Philadelphia Allen Iverson scored 33 points staking his claim to the NBA scoring title and helping Philadelphia clinch the sixth seed in the playoffs Hornets 133 Celtics 129 (2 OT): At Boston rookies Ricky Davis and Brad Miller each scored a season-hig32 points and Miller added a season-hig- h 13 rebounds as Charlotte won in double overtime Nets 115 Bucks 107: At East Rutherford NJ Stephon Marbury had a 41 points and 11 assists as career-higd New Jersey capped a dismal season with a 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